When I use npm install electron -g, I get this error:

npm ERR! code EEXIST
npm ERR! path /usr/local/bin/electron
npm ERR! Refusing to delete /usr/local/bin/electron: ../lib/node_modules/electron-prebuilt/cli.js symlink target is not controlled by npm /usr/local/bin
npm ERR! File exists: /usr/local/bin/electron
npm ERR! Remove the existing file and try again, or run npm
npm ERR! with --force to overwrite files recklessly.
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /root/.npm/_logs/2020-06-03T23_17_02_469Z-debug.log

1 Answer

You need to delete the electron folder from /usr/local/bin . Then try to install Electron again:

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/electron
sudo npm install -g electron 

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